T-Mobile to throttle G1 speed to 50 kbps or less after 1GB a month

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4phun - 24 Sep 2008 05:43 GMT

Download more than 1GB of data on your new G1 phone, and T-Mobile
might severely restrict your bandwidth.
(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET Networks)

T-Mobile is warning G1 customers that they could get placed into the
slow lane if they use more than 1GB of data in a billing cycle.
Engadget spotted the fine print underneath T-Mobile's G1 page on its
Web site trumpeting the arrival of the first phone to run Google's
Android software. "If your total data usage in any billing cycle is
more than 1GB, your data throughput for the remainder of that cycle
may be reduced to 50 kbps or less," the company warned.

Well you get what you pay for on a third rate network.

But the real killer is the darn G1 can not even play high res videos
like the iPhone. No down loadable movies, no video podcasts from
iTunes, nothing other than low res You Tube crap. If you view three or
four of those a day you will go over the T-Mobile G1 limit of 1GB for
the month.

An what is with T-Mobile selling a phone with out a standard earphone
port? What other inexpensive items did they leave out to get a phone
that sells for $400.

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Todd Allcock - 24 Sep 2008 10:28 GMT

> Download more than 1GB of data on your new G1 phone, and T-Mobile
> might severely restrict your bandwidth.
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> Well you get what you pay for on a third rate network.

As a T-Mo customer, I'm pretty concerned that they're pulling the G1 game
plan straight out of the AT&T/iPhone playbook:
The G1 is only sold with a "special" G1 dataplan, the G1 won't be sold
wihout a contract, or sold for use with prepaid plans, and now this 1GB
soft limit...

In the past, T-Mo sold any device without a contract (for a much higher
price, of course), had no internet usage restrictions, and allowed any
device on prepaid.

I chose T-Mobile for their value and fodr the fact that they _weren't_ as
slimy as AT&T or Verizon. Apparently they're now learning from their
rivals!

> An what is with T-Mobile selling a phone with out a standard earphone
> port? What other inexpensive items did they leave out to get a phone
> that sells for $400.

You'd have to ask HTC- they've been putting annoying non-stardard headphone
jacks on their phones for years. At least the G1 uses a 2.5mm jack- the
adapters can be found at any RadioShack. My AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser) uses
the mini-USB charging port for both power and headphone, requiring an
adapter dongle I had to buy online because AT&T stores don't even sell them!

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